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Gunship Over Angola - The Story Of A Maverick Pilot (Paperback): Steve Joubert Gunship Over Angola - The Story Of A Maverick Pilot (Paperback)
Steve Joubert 3
R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Steve Joubert had always wanted to be a pilot and the only way he could afford to do so, was to join the South African Air Force in the late 1970s.

As an adventurous young man with a wicked sense of humour, he tells of the many amusing escapades he had as a trainee pilot. But soon he is sent to fight in the Border War in northern Namibia (then South West Africa) where he is exposed to the carnage of war. The pilots of the Alouette helicopters were witness to some of the worst scenes of the Border War. Often, they were the first to arrive after a deadly landmine accident.

In the fiercest battles their gunships regularly supplied life-saving air cover to troops on the ground.

The Guns of John Moses Browning - The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World (Paperback): Nathan... The Guns of John Moses Browning - The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World (Paperback)
Nathan Gorenstein
R503 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R84 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Revolver - Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America (Paperback): Jim Rasenberger Revolver - Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America (Paperback)
Jim Rasenberger
R535 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dirty Tricks Department - The Untold Story of the Real-life Q Branch, the Masterminds of Second World War Secret Warfare... The Dirty Tricks Department - The Untold Story of the Real-life Q Branch, the Masterminds of Second World War Secret Warfare (Hardcover)
John Lisle
R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In a makeshift laboratory built on a golf course in Maryland, chemist Stanley Lovell led a secret team of scientists that developed the secret gadgets and weapons of the Second World War. Their 'Dirty Tricks Department' was the real-life equivalent of James Bond's legendary Q Branch. If a spy or saboteur needed a forged passport for cover, a silent pistol for executions, an incendiary device for starting fires, or a cyanide pill to kill themselves with before being captured alive, the scientists created it. Moreover, they developed poisons to assassinate foreign leaders, chemical and biological weapons to deploy against enemy soldiers, and truth drugs to interrogate prisoners of war. The Dirty Tricks Department is the first book to focus on the daring, exciting, and often tragic exploits of the men and women who made and used these devices. Lovell and his team exerted a disproportionally large influence on history. Not only were they integral to the Allied victory, but they left a dark legacy that has, until now, gone mainly unacknowledged.

Instructions on Bombing, Parts I & II - SS182 (Paperback): General Staff Instructions on Bombing, Parts I & II - SS182 (Paperback)
General Staff
R415 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
R.L. Handbook of Ammunition (Paperback): War Office R.L. Handbook of Ammunition (Paperback)
War Office
R385 R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Save R24 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Horse Mobilization (Paperback): War Office Horse Mobilization (Paperback)
War Office
R237 R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Save R27 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part 1 - Tactical (Paperback): War Office SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part 1 - Tactical (Paperback)
War Office
R354 R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Save R20 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part II - Organization and Direction of Fire (Paperback): War Office SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part II - Organization and Direction of Fire (Paperback)
War Office
R419 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Salvage - SS640 (Paperback): War Office Salvage - SS640 (Paperback)
War Office
R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Catechism of Animal Management, Etc. (Paperback): War Office Catechism of Animal Management, Etc. (Paperback)
War Office
R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Detail of the Sets of Harness Required for the Various Natures of Service Pattern Vehicles (Paperback): War Office Detail of the Sets of Harness Required for the Various Natures of Service Pattern Vehicles (Paperback)
War Office
R237 R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Save R27 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Notes on German Fuzes and Typical French and Belgian Fuzes - SS306 (Paperback): War Office Notes on German Fuzes and Typical French and Belgian Fuzes - SS306 (Paperback)
War Office
R451 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Scientific Way of Warfare - Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity (Paperback, New edition): Antoine J. Bousquet The Scientific Way of Warfare - Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity (Paperback, New edition)
Antoine J. Bousquet
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bousquet's landmark book examines the impact of key technologies and scientific ideas on the theory and practice of warfare and the handling of the perennial tension between order and chaos on the battlefield. Spanning the entire modern era, from the Scientific Revolution to the present, it offers a systematic account of modern warfare as the constitution of increasingly complex assemblages of bodies and machines whose integration rests upon a military assimilation of scientific thought. Reflecting the pervasive influence of scientific conceptual frameworks upon warfare, modern armies have been successively organised by reference to the paradigmatic technologies of the clock, engine, computer, and network. Conversely, major scientific developments and technological breakthroughs have become intertwined with the experience of war, especially since the Second World War's unprecedented mobilisation of scientific rationality and technical expertise. This increasingly tight symbiosis between science, technology, and war is at the heart of both the tremendous powers and enduring pathologies displayed by the contemporary military machine. In this new and revised edition, Bousquet extends the analysis to encompass the latest developments in the scientific way of warfare in the midst of renewed great power competition and a wave of technological innovation in artificial intelligence and robotics.

Treason and Betrayal - How the Military Is Poisoning Its Veterans (Hardcover): John P. Lyons Treason and Betrayal - How the Military Is Poisoning Its Veterans (Hardcover)
John P. Lyons
R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Weapons (Paperback): Chris McNab Weapons (Paperback)
Chris McNab
R851 R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Save R93 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the American Civil War and the introduction of the metal cartridge in the 1860s up to the present day, The Encyclopedia of Weapons is an accessible reference guide to the most important small arms, armoured vehicles, aircraft and ships from all around the world. The book ranges from the first Gatling guns to favourites such as the Lee Enfield rifle and the AK-47; in terms of aircraft the book includes World War I biplanes, World War II’s Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter and on to modern stealth aircraft; in naval weaponry the book features early ironclad submarines, classic ships such as Bismarck and the nuclear subs of today; from the first tanks on the Western Front in World War I, such as the Mark V Male, the book covers the development of armoured fighting vehicles, featuring such classics as the Soviet T-34 and modern tanks like the M1 Abrams. With an entry per page, each weapon is illustrated with two colour artworks – some of them cutaways – a colour or black-&-white photograph, an authoritative history on its development, production and service history and a box of essential specifications. Featuring more than 400 entries, The Encyclopedia of Weapons is a fascinating reference work on the most important tanks, guns, military ships and aircraft over the past 150 years.

Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies - Confronting Disruptive Innovation (Paperback): George Lucas Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies - Confronting Disruptive Innovation (Paperback)
George Lucas
R1,128 Discovery Miles 11 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book addresses issues of legal and moral governance arising in the development, deployment, and eventual uses of emerging technologies in military operations. Proverbial wisdom has it that law and morality always lag behind technological innovation. Hence, the book aims to identify, enumerate, and constructively address the problems of adequate governance for the development, deployment, and eventual uses of military technologies that have been newly introduced into military operations or which will be available in the near future. Proposals for modifications in governance, the book argues, closely track the anxieties of many critics of these technologies to the extent that they will proliferate, prove destructive in unanticipated ways, and partially or wholly escape regulation under current treaties and regulatory regimes. In addition to such concerns in domestic and especially in international law, the book addresses ethical norms in the professions involved in the design and eventual use of specific technologies, principally involving the professional norms of practice in engineering and the military (as well as biomedical and health care practice), which impose moral obligations on their members to avoid reckless endangerment or criminal negligence in the course of their activities. Thus, in addition to exploring the application of existing legal regimes and moral norms, the book examines how these professions might develop or improve the voluntary constraints on forms of malfeasance that are enshrined in their histories and codes of best practices. This book should prove of great interest to students of ethics, military studies, philosophy of war and peace, law, and international relations.

Native American Weapons (Paperback, New edition): Colin F. Taylor Native American Weapons (Paperback, New edition)
Colin F. Taylor
R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Featuring 155 color photographs and illustrations, "Native American Weapons" surveys weapons made and used by American Indians north of present-day Mexico from prehistoric times to the late nineteenth century, when European weapons were in common use. Over thousands of years the weapons were developed and creatively matched to their environment--highly functional and often decorative, carried proudly in tribal gatherings and in war.


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The Making Of The Atomic Bomb (Paperback, Reissue): Richard Rhodes The Making Of The Atomic Bomb (Paperback, Reissue)
Richard Rhodes
R629 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R230 (37%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With a brand new introduction from the author, this is the complete story of how the bomb was developed. It is told in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few great discoveries have evolved so swiftly -- or have been so misunderstood. From the theoretical discussions of nuclear energy to the bright glare of Trinity there was a span of hardly more than twenty-five years. What began as merely an interesting speculative problem in physics grew into the Manhattan Project, and then into the Bomb with frightening rapidity, while scientists known only to their peers -- Szilard, Teller, Oppenheimer, Bohr, Meitner, Fermi, Lawrence, and yon Neumann -- stepped from their ivory towers into the limelight. Richard Rhodes takes us on that journey step by step, minute by minute, and gives us the definitive story of man's most awesome discovery and invention. The Making of the Atomic Bomb has been compared in its sweep and importance to William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. It is at once a narrative tour de forceand a document as powerful as its subject.

Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers (Hardcover): Withers Harvey  Capwell Tabias Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers (Hardcover)
Withers Harvey Capwell Tabias
R763 R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Save R142 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives, daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their Palaeolithic origins through to the 21st century. Weapons from around the world are examined, such as the decorated daggers of Persia and the exquisite knives of Japan. A superb directory features 750 examples of sharp-edged weapons, describing the origins, capabilities and specifications of each one. With 1500 photographs and illustrations, and written by leading experts in the field, this beautiful guide is an indispensable resource for the serious collector and amateur enthusiast alike, and will fascinate anyone with an interest in historical weapons.

Firepower - How Weapons Shaped Warfare (Hardcover): Paul Lockhart Firepower - How Weapons Shaped Warfare (Hardcover)
Paul Lockhart; Illustrated by Paul Lockhart
R933 R777 Discovery Miles 7 770 Save R156 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of military technology from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era -- five-hundred-year-long "age of firepower" during which the evolution of weaponry transformed the conduct of warfare in the West. Weapons technology had always influenced warfare. But the introduction of gunpowder weapons at the close of the Middle Ages made military technology the largest single factor shaping warfare's tactics, strategy, and logistics. Over the five centuries leading up to World War II, the art of war revolved around the ever-more-effective delivery of firepower, and the driving force of weapons development was the compulsion to make that possible. But for centuries, even as it became more effective, military weaponry remained simple and affordable enough that nearly any state could afford to equip a respectable army; weapons could be used and used again until they physically wore out. That all changed, very suddenly, around 1870. Widespread industrialization and rapid advances in metallurgy and chemistry meant that by the start of World War I, only a handful of great powers could afford to manufacture their own weapons. Revolutions in military technology, in short, triggered a revolution in the structure of power in the West, significantly reducing the number of nations that could act assertively in international politics -- and reducing the others to a condition of permanent subordination. Going beyond the battlefield to consider the profound political and social contexts of armed conflict, Firepower ultimately reveals how the evolution of weapons technology, and the uses to which it has been put, have together transformed human history.

Forensic Mental Health (Hardcover): Mary McMurran, Najat Khalifa, Simon Gibbon Forensic Mental Health (Hardcover)
Mary McMurran, Najat Khalifa, Simon Gibbon
R3,939 Discovery Miles 39 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a concise introduction to the increasingly important field of forensic mental health. It aims to set out both the key concepts in forensic mental health as well as the way the discipline operates in the broader context of criminal justice and mental health care systems. It will provide an ideal introduction to the subject for students taking courses in universities and elsewhere, for mental health practitioners in the early stages of their careers, and for professionals from other agencies needing an informed and up-to-date account of forensic mental health.

The Bomb - The Weapon That Changed the World (Hardcover): Didier Alcante, Laurent-Frédéric Bollée The Bomb - The Weapon That Changed the World (Hardcover)
Didier Alcante, Laurent-Frédéric Bollée; Illustrated by Denis Rodier
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever inventedOn August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were pulverized, and everything within four square miles was instantly destroyed. A deluge of flames and ash had just caused Japan’s greatest trauma and changed the course of modern warfare and life on Earth forever. The world was horrified by the existence of the bomb—the first weapon of mass destruction. But how could such an appalling tool be invented? To answer this question, Alcante, Laurent-Frédéric Bollée, and Denis Rodier return to the origins of its main component, uranium, and shed light on the scientific discoveries around this element and its uses both civilian and military. Sifting through the history, from Katanga to Japan, through Germany, Norway, the USSR, and New Mexico,The Bomb is a succession of incredible but true stories. Alcante, Bollée, and Rodier have created an exhaustive and definitive work of nonfiction that details the stories of the unsung players as well as the remarkable men and women who are at the crux of its history and the events that followed.

Forensic Mental Health (Paperback): Mary McMurran, Najat Khalifa, Simon Gibbon Forensic Mental Health (Paperback)
Mary McMurran, Najat Khalifa, Simon Gibbon
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a concise introduction to the increasingly important field of forensic mental health. It aims to set out both the key concepts in forensic mental health as well as the way the discipline operates in the broader context of criminal justice and mental health care systems. It will provide an ideal introduction to the subject for students taking courses in universities and elsewhere, for mental health practitioners in the early stages of their careers, and for professionals from other agencies needing an informed and up-to-date account of forensic mental health.

Military Technology (Hardcover, Re-issue): Various Military Technology (Hardcover, Re-issue)
Various
R8,367 Discovery Miles 83 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since 1961 the Adelphi Papers have provided some of the most informed accounts of international and strategic relations. Produced by the world renowned International Institute of Strategic Studies, each paper provides a short account of a subject of topical interest by a leading military figure, policymaker or academic.

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